Cloth-guiding device.



H EGBERTS.

CLOTH GUIDING DEVICE.

APPLsc/Tiow FILED Nov.7,1916.

F? 'Patented Bec. 30, M9,

unirsi) srarrns Parana? neuron.

.'nrlRBEET MBERTS, 0F KEIGHLEY, NGLAND. l

SLQTH-GLUIDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 39,1919.;

Application mea November 7, i916. sensi no. 129,944.

has to be subjected by being rapidly passed l through same. My said invention is especially applicable for use 1n lsuch types or classes of said machinery as require said cloth to be gathered together somewhat in the form of a rope with its ends or extremities stitched or otherwise connected together so that the whole may be made to follow a spiral path by being arranged to take several times around certain of the operating A'rollers and other parts of the machines.

One of the types of said machines for thus treating' fabrics is well known as a milling 'or fulling machine, and it is in connection with this machine that Iliave hereinafter described my invention, since to those who have' a knowledge of the finishing and treatment of fabrics, such description will clearly show or indicate to them how.my said invention may be applied to other kinds or classes of apparatus.

Whensaid milling or fulling machine is in operation with the coils of cloth or fabric traveling in their respective paths, one coil is often causedA to travel crosswise the other coils with the result that it becomes twisted 4thereby causing the fabric to' curl up into lpmps or knots. wWhen such is the case, the guiding or draft board' in the machine, although acting to arrest the motion of said machine, is not in all cases quick enough so to do without the rapidly traveling cloth being damaged. To avoid the occurrence of these damages by providing .means which shall move so that one coil of ,fabric may not become crosswise the other Icoils and so that all twisting actions von 'the part lof said fabric are counteracted and to a great .extent prevented, is the object of my present invention.

ln the accompanying sheet of drawings Fi 'ure 1 is a sectional sideelevation of sufficient of a cloth milling or fulling machine to illustrate the-application.l 'theretoof i my improved device.

F ig. 2 is a sectional elevation of my iinproved device drawn to an enlarged scale, so that its construction may be more readily understood. Ip Fig. 3 is a plan of the parts shown by *10x v l igd is a sectional elevation of a modification of my improved parts as hereinafter described.

Fig. 5 is a sectional shown by Fig. 4.

' A indicates the framework or infr ofthe machine.

bimilar letters'and figures of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views. l y

On the fabric being introduced to 'the maplan of the parts chine illustrated by Fig. 1, one end of same i is firstly passed through the spouta between the rollers b and c and through the trough or spout e over which the hinged cover d1 takes, said cover d1 being pivoted 0n the shaft of the upper roller b and weighted by weights d2 in manner well known. The fabric on leaving the spout d descendwithin the casing A and passes beneath the guid ing roller o,r bar f and forward through one of severall openings in the board known as the draft board7 g. This draft board g is pivoted upon albar g1 which extends across the mac-hline so that said board g may be at liberty to risewhen acted upon by any knots or irregularities in the fabric as same passes through the openings in said board g outer cas# for the purpose of arresting the motion of i the machine in manner well known. After the fabric 'is passed ...through one or other of the openings in t e` board g as above stated it is conducted ovei' the guiding roller 7a, and again through the spout a, forward between the rollers b and c, through' the trough d around the roller f, again through another opening in the board g and again forward over the roller h, (the path followed by said fabric' is indicated by the" Y chain line and the direction in which it travels is indicated bythe arrows the number of times that it is the@ carried or conducted in this direction r@rpath is determined by the nature of the fabric and the requirements as t0 its treatment by the severallparts of the machine as is well known to thon'trhe have a knowledge of this appa iro f to travel by the rotary actions ratus. After the number ot' coils that are desired to pass throughv said machines m rthe manner described has been completed,

then the end ot' the fabricI which was first led through the spout a will be brought to the rear end of the fabric where it will be stitched to said rear end in order that the coils of fabric thus arranged may be caused ot' the rollers l, anI e in manner well known.

ij.' new guiding devices as applied to said zfafhine, consist of a circular hoard or plate I. (see Figs. 2 and 3') which l mount in an appropriately formed opei'iingg2 made through the board g. This board g has a flange y" which will support the circular plate I.' when the machine is not in use, while the outer peripheral edge ot the plat/e la is formed (and if the plate is of wood. then such Yedge is protected by an annular rim ot suitable metal fa) for Contact with antifriction balls m mounted above it` against which balls said plate li: is pulled or forced by the moving fabric as its series of coils are traveling in the direction hereinbefore described.

Above these halls m is mounted the annu-v lar part n which acts as a ball race so that on the machine being put into operation, with the series of coils ot' fabric passing through the series of holes or openings la? made through the, plate r, this latter is free to rotate and. does rotate or oscillate as it is pulled in one direction or the other as the fabric is deflected or drawn to one side or the other during its rapid motion through the machine as hereinbefore described. By the plate being thus free to oscillatc and move as the defiecting of the, fabrie-l may cause it soto do, I have found that practically all twisting actions of said fabric are prevented and that the knotting or lumping of same is entirely avoided with the result that the fabrics being treat-ed are not damaged.

Although I have shown three holes or openings /uZ through the )late ,11: it must be understood that the num )er of such holes is determined by the number of coils of fabric or the number of times that such Afabric has to be conducted through the plate c.

As the plate is mounted upon the ordinaryboard g which still retains its hinged 1. In a fabric guiding device,v a pivotallyI supported draft board provided with an opening therein. a rotatable guide plate mounted opposite said opening, an annular through same, the con-.

object of 'my n flange attached to said board and surrounding said plate, and anti-friction members intei-posed between said flange and said plate,V r

whereby the plate is free passage therethrough of 2. In a 'fabric guiding supported draft yboardrovided With an opening therein, surroun shoulder7 a rotatable plate shoulder, and anti-friction ing said plate in position, said plate being provided with a pluraiityof openings vfor the passage of cloth, be rotated by the twisting of a fabric passing.F

a twisting' fabric.

resting upon ysaid therethrough! f HERBERT noname.

to rotate during the device, a pivotallyv the platebeing free' tov ed by an annular means for retaing vmi 

